silver plate

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noun

silver tableware.

a coating of silver, especially one electroplated on base metal.

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Origin of silver plate

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby silver plate

silver mound, silvern, silver nitrate, silver paper, silver perch, silver plate, silverpoint, silver poplar, silver protein, silver protein stain, silver salmon

Other definitions for silver plate (2 of 2)

silver-plate

[ sil-ver-pleyt ]

/ ˈsɪl vərˈpleɪt /

verb (used with object), sil·ver-plat·ed, sil·ver-plat·ing.

to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.

How to use silver plate in a sentence

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.
‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Musical Fairy Tale|Melissa Leon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Well, the pudding moment arrived, and a huge slice almost obscured from sight the plate before us.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
He conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?"
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")
We sat down pell-mell, anywhere, I next to Liszt, who kept putting things on my plate.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for silver plate

silver plate

noun

a thin layer of silver deposited on a base metal

articles, esp tableware, made of silver plate

verb silver-plate

(tr) to coat (a metal, object, etc) with silver, as by electroplating

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